Australia, June 24 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 23:
1. This is a rather unfortunate dispute between a mother and son.
2. There are two aspects to the controversy that I am asked to quell:
1) Whether the plaintiff (the son) should be granted leave to discontinue his claim or whether it should be dismissed.
2) Associated with the first issue, whether the plaintiff should be ordered to pay the defendant's costs of the proceedings and, if so, whether a gross sum costs order should be made.
3. The first debate is an arid one in circumstances where it was not suggested that any dismissal would preclude fresh proceedings being commenced.
4. The real dispute was as to costs in cir...